Job 21:18

21:18 How often ¹  are they like straw before the wind,

and like chaff swept away ²  by a whirlwind?

Job 21:32-33

21:32 And when he is carried to the tombs,

and watch is kept ³  over the funeral mound, ⁴ 

21:33 The clods of the torrent valley ⁵  are sweet to him;

behind him everybody follows in procession,

and before him goes a countless throng.

[21:18]  ¹ tn To retain the sense that the wicked do not suffer as others, this verse must either be taken as a question or a continuation of the question in v. 17.

[21:18]  ² tn The verb used actually means “rob.” It is appropriate to the image of a whirlwind suddenly taking away the wisp of straw.

[21:32]  ³ tn The verb says “he will watch.” The subject is unspecified, so the translation is passive.

[21:32]  ⁴ tn The Hebrew word refers to the tumulus, the burial mound that is erected on the spot where the person is buried.

[21:33]  ⁵ tn The clods are those that are used to make a mound over the body. And, for a burial in the valley, see Deut 34:6. The verse here sees him as participating in his funeral and enjoying it. Nothing seems to go wrong with the wicked.